He slammed his teammates in a post-game interview, after a fifth-straight loss, giving the team the dubious spot of last overall with a measly 29 points. They are three back of the Panthers and Flames.

Denver Post‘s Avalanche beat writer wrote in a blog the details of his comments, specifically this whopper:

“But after saying that, you could see Jiggy just sort of say to himself, “Screw this, I’m gonna go rogue here and really tell it like it is.” Which led to this:

“Some guys are more worried about their Vegas trip at the end of the season than playing the games, than playing every minute of the games. Quite frankly, I don’t care about your Vegas trip right now.”

Whoa. I gotta say, that is the strongest quote I’ve ever gotten from an Avs player in my 18 years covering the team.”

Maybe it was a mistake to hand the captaincy to such a young player. Gabriel Landeskog cannot drink alcohol in the U.S. but he is the leader of this team. Maybe Jiggy is accurate saying this team is looking forward to the summer as a vacation.

Props to J.S. Giguere for calling out his teammates. That needs to be done more in the NHL! Maybe in Boston?bit.ly/YfRkXr

Landeskog has had an up and down season, missing nearly a month due to concussion issues. He has a ton of offensive talent, but leadership is another matter. Did Avs GMGreg Sherman, another youngster at 43, make a mistake naming the young Swede captain so soon? This is a team with Milan Hedjuk, Paul Stastny and heck why not Jiggy, as veterans who might have been better choices to wear the C.

Obviously the Avalanche is in freefall and team leadership is unable to excise a country club atmosphere.

The Avalanche season started in a bad way, as Sherman was unable to sign young stud RFA Ryan O’Reilly until the Flames forced their hand by signing him to an offer sheet. He has scored 14 points in the 20 games he has played, but to miss a bunch of games at the start of a shortened season, is a recipe for disaster.

The Montreal Canadiens did the same thing with P.K. Subban, but it hasn’t hurt them as Subban is leading the league in defensive scoring and the team sits fourth overall

That auspicious start, combined with Colorado being near the bottom in goals for and against, mean the teams only hope is a top draft choice this summer.

For his part, Jiggy proved he still has it in OT recently against the Red Wings.